Texas Ranks Highest For Cars Sold With Open Recalls

"Tom McParland" (tommcparland)
02/05/2014 at 13:43 • Filed to: REcallls, CarFax, Safety, Car Buying

(Via NBCDFW.com) Texas ranks first nationally for the number of used cars for sale online with safety recalls that were never repaired, according to new research from Carfax.

Carfax, which collects vehicle history information from 34,000 data sources, said that in 2013 more than 3.5 million used cars were for sale online nationwide with unrepaired safety recalls. In Texas, that translated to more than 300,000 used cars or, about one out of every nine.

"Recalls are extremely common. There are millions of cars that are recalled every year. And unfortunately, as car buyers, we don't check for recalls because we're concerned about other things. We're concerned about the maintenance, how many owners a car has had, has it been in any accidents," said Chris Basso, spokesman for Carfax. "Recalls unfortunately aren't at the top of our list for concerns, but our data shows that it has to be a concern for consumers because chances are you're going to end up buying a car or at least coming across a car that you want to buy that has an open recall."

DISCUSSION (5)

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Tom McParland
02/05/2014 at 13:49

Because "fuck you government, we nee d you telling us what we can do"

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > Tom McParland
02/05/2014 at 13:51

I'm cool with this.

EL_ULY > Tom McParland
02/05/2014 at 13:54

lol Aston Martin is currently on their THIRD!!! attempt at fixing their accelerator pedal recall. Hopefully they get it right this time. The official apology letter made me giggle a bit :] They are trying at least. At least more people are realizing that there is an actual dealership here in Houston. Our warranty clerk isn't happy though.

Bubbles22 > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
02/05/2014 at 22:05

Exactly. Texas also has the highest number of uninsured people for the same reason,

Stef Schrader > Tom McParland
02/06/2014 at 02:32

Don't we also have the most...cars?

Percentages would be more meaningful than raw numbers here.